PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Parietal Lobe, Withdrawal Reflex, Vestibular System
18 Oct 2018
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Left half of body is rep by right half of brain and vice versa. Areas of the body where sensitivity to small spatial differences is greatest are most rep in the somatosensory cortex. Distinction of what and where pathways a. b. Where: spatial location of object, upper parietal lobe. Congenital insensitivity to pain can lead to self mutilation in children. Where is the pain and what kind of pain. Hey this is bad you should stop this and relieve pain. Signals arriving from pain receptors in the body can be stopped or gated by interneurons in the spinal cord via feedback from two directions interneurons in the spinal cord via feedback from two directions. Can be initiated by modulating activity of pain transmission neurons. Sends inhibitory signals to neurons in the spinal cord. 3 fluid filled canals next to the cochlea in the inner ear. Small hairs detect head acceleration across three perpendicular planes.
